Funding the Future
Richard Murphy and occasional friends talking about everything you need to know to understand the economy, tax, finance and how we fund our future.
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Episodes
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Why doesn't the UK government care about the fact that UK company law is not enforced? What is the point of having law that they will not impose, at considerable cost to society?
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Banks are not your friend. They exist to exploit you, and they will whenever they can.
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Why doesn't the UK government care about the fact that UK company law is not enforced? What is the point of having law that they will not impose, at considerable cost to society?
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
Ignore Trump for a moment, and all the other calamities going on around the world. Climate change is still the biggest threat to us all, and we are in danger of ignoring it.
Saturday Apr 19, 2025
Saturday Apr 19, 2025
According to Washington and London, a US/UK trade deal is coming soon. It is bound to represent a massive loss of freedom for the UK. It's the last thing we need.
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Will Trump invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to enforce his rule, via a militia if need be, ending democracy in the USA in the process?
Shorts to follow
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Right around the world, economies face the risk of recession due to Trump's irresponsibility. We need interest rate cuts because of him, not because he wants them.
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Wednesday Apr 16, 2025
Scared people do not spend. This is a fact of economic life. Once somebody is worried about their economic future, they begin to save, and that means Trump is heading the US into a recession.
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Trump has failed, but the world needs to carry on presuming that Trump is the biggest threat it has faced in generations, because a man who's failed in the way he has might turn to violence, and violence will not resolve anything.
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Labour has made a mess of managing British Steel. It had no strategy and no plan, and hadn't had the foresight to see the consequences of this. It is time it learned to govern.